Estimates of child deaths prevented from malaria prevention scale-up in Africa 2001-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Funding from external agencies for malaria control in Africa has increased dramatically over the past decade resulting in substantial increases in population coverage by effective malaria prevention interventions. This unprecedented effort to scale-up malaria interventions is likely improving child survival and will likely contribute to meeting Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 to reduce the < 5 mortality rate by two thirds between 1990 and 2015.

Methods

The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) model was used to quantify the likely impact that malaria prevention intervention scale-up has had on malaria mortality over the past decade (2001-2010) across 43 malaria endemic countries in sub-Saharan African. The likely impact of ITNs and malaria prevention interventions in pregna

SUBMITTER: Eisele TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3350413 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature